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The Politics of Strategic Adjustment: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests
Peter Trubowitz (Ed.)
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Description for The Politics of Strategic Adjustment: Ideas, Institutions, and Interests
Hardback. Examines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. The essays in this volume show that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests. Editor(s): Trubowitz, Peter; Goldman, Emily; Rhodes, Edward J. Num Pages: 368 pages, 16 maps and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. Weight in Grams: 635.
This text examines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. While scholars have typically focused on "outside factors", such as international pressures, constraints and opportunities, this collection of essays shows that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests. Essays by Edward Rhodes, Peter Trubowitz and Mark Shulman offer evidence that America's emergence as a great naval power in the late 19th century had less to do with security than with issues of national identity, commerce and social change. Bartholomew Sparrow compares the ... Read more
This text examines a century of American experience to illustrate how the United States determines its security policies. While scholars have typically focused on "outside factors", such as international pressures, constraints and opportunities, this collection of essays shows that decisions about strategy are critically shaped by domestic politics - political ideologies, state structure and societal interests. Essays by Edward Rhodes, Peter Trubowitz and Mark Shulman offer evidence that America's emergence as a great naval power in the late 19th century had less to do with security than with issues of national identity, commerce and social change. Bartholomew Sparrow compares the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231110747
SKU
V9780231110747
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